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7.1 Left Side
Vertical Fin (W1-187).
- W1 was unit code for 201 Kokutai
from November 42 to at least July 43
- FS6350 over red primer, green
FS4077 brushed over the FS6350
- 4" H yellow command stripe
applied over green paint.
- yellow tail code applied over
green paint
- Lettering sizes: W - 11
1/4" H x 7 1/4" W (top), 4 3/4" W
(bottom)
- both 1’s - 11
1/4" H x 1 1/4" W
- photo courtesy of Blayd
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7.2 Right Side Vertical Fin (W1-187)
- FS6350 over red primer, green
FS4077 brushed over the FS6350
- 4" H yellow command stripe
applied over green paint
- yellow tail code applied over
green paint
- Lettering sizes
- 1 - 11 1/4" H
x 1 3/4" W.
- 8 - 11 1/4" H
x 7" W.
- 7 - 11 3/4" H
x 8" W.
- photo courtesy of Blayd
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7.3 Right Side Vertical Fin (5-136/3-174)
- the unit prefix 3- is indicated by
Diemert’s notes. Neither this prefix or the
5- prefix can be attributed to any particular
formation
- underlying paint FS6350 over red
primer
- 5-136 painted in white on FS6350,
this code then overpainted in green FS4077,
aircraft recoded 3-174 which was painted over the
green in white paint, this tail code was then
repainted in yellow
- Lettering sizes
- 1 (A) - 11
1/2" H x 2" W (white 1);
11 1/2" H x 2 1/2" W (yellow 1).
- 3 (B) - 11" H
x 7" W
- 6 (C) - 7" W
- 7 (D) - 11
3/4" H x 7 1/2" W.
- 4 (E) - 8" W
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7.4 Left Side
Vertical Fin (5-136/3-174)
- Lettering sizes
- 5 (A) - 11
1/2" H x 6" W
- (B) - 1 3/4" H x 2
3/4" W (the - extends forward for an
undetermined width beneath the
overpainted 1).
- 1 (C) - 12
1/4" H x 2 1/4" W
- (D) - 1 7/8" H x
4" W.
- 1 (E) - 11
1/2" H x 2" W
- 7 (F) - 11
3/4" H x 7" W
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7.5 Vertical Fin
(1-1)
- traces of FS4201 over red primer.
- faint tail code of which only 1-1
is remaining; dimensions are as illustrated.
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